A donkey knows no gratitude. - (Knappert, p. 138, Swahili)
There is no bad patience. - (Knappert, p. 46, Swahili).
God's rain falls even on the . - Fipa, Tanzania
Be on the alert, like the red ant that moves with its claws wide open. Uganda
To be praised is to be lost. - Kikuyu, Kenya
The crows, the idle person grumbles. - Yoruba, Nigeria
Rising early makes the road short. - Wolof proverb, Senegal
The best of mankind is a farmer; the best food is fruit. - Ethiopia
Do not follow a person who is running a way. - Kalenjin (Kenya)
Do not tell the man carrying you that he stinks. Sierra Leone
Dogs do not actually prefer bones to meat,it is just that no one ever gives them meat. Akan proverb, West Africa
He flees from the roaring lion to the crouching lion. Sechuana
You are sitting in peace (unharmed): as the nose of a cow that feeds among thorntrees and shows no scars. Luganda, Uganda
The eye is a coward. - Kalenjin (Kenya)
Before the chicken carefully observe the character of your guest. Mandingo proverb
The orphan does not rejoice after a heavy breakfast. - Cape Coast, Ghana
When cutting, look at the age of the machete. - Fulfulde, Nigeria
A stranger does not skin a sheep that is paid as a fine at a chief's court. - Cape Coast, Ghana
The elephant never gets tired of carrying its tusks. Vai, Liberia
Goodness gets a seat. - Igala, Nigeria. (Pachocinski, p. 224; explanation: good people will be shown favors and will live longer).
A tree not taller than an ant cannot shade you. - Kanuri proverb, Nigeria
If one is roasting two potatoes, one of them is bound to get charred. - Kikuyu, Kenya.
We should talk while we are still alive. - Kalenjin (Kenya)
If there is cause to someone, the cause to love has just begun. - Wolof proverb, Senegal
You suffer from smoke produced by the firewood you fetched yourself. Luhya, Kenya
One person is thin porridge or gruel; two or three people are a handful of stiff cooked corn meal. - Kuria, Kenya/Tanzania and Ngoreme, Tanzania
Even a friend can not rescue one from old age. - Kalenjin (Kenya)
Instruction in youth is like engraving in stones. Berber, North Africa
The pillar of the world is hope. - Kanuri proverb, Nigeria
A hyena cannot smell its own stench. - Kalenjin (Kenya)
The rainmaker who doesn't know what he's doing will be found out by the lack of clouds. Luganda, Uganda
If your buttocks burn, you know you have done wrong.
By coming and going, a bird weaves its nest. Ashanti, Ghana
A man's wealth may be superior to him. Cameroon
The young can't teach traditions to the old. - Yoruba proverb
It is better to walk than curse the road. - Wolof proverb, Senegal